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2004-05-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Mullahsâ Airport Is Still Ideal Site for Exhibitions of Fine Porcelain

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-05-26 5:26:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Time for a cheap shot at France.
I'll leave it has an exercise for the reader.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-26 7:56:03 AM|| 2004-05-26 7:56:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll take my shot.
Well, monsieur, maybe if you let Halliburton build you your airports next time, they wouldn't...ummmmmmmmmm...fall down??
Au reviour!

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-26 8:19:10 AM|| 2004-05-26 8:19:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ..Slightly O/T, but has anyone noticed that the two biggest projects named for Charles DeGaulle - the nuclear aircraft carrier and the airport - have both gone horribly bad?
The carrier took nearly a decade to build, had glass on the bridge that no one could see out of, threw a propeller on her first cruise, and turned out to have a flight deck that was 12 feet too short, and IIRC is actually slower than the 40+ year old conventional CV she replaced. The airport...well, Concorde crashed out of there, and now the terminal is literally collapsing.
Poor planning, lousy design, or just plain old Divine Justice? You make the call..

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-05-26 9:38:06 AM|| 2004-05-26 9:38:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike K- The reason things on the aircraft carrier and airport have gone so bad is deGaulle himself is haunting them. "How could you name zeese white elephan' after moi?" Devine justice could be the answer. {BOO}

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-26 11:54:02 AM|| 2004-05-26 11:54:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Good thing my girlfriend's trying to get me off of the Mountain Dew; I'd have spewed it with those last two comments and currently be in the market for a new laptop! And I'm loving the running joke of everything the mullahs' airport is good for!

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-26 11:56:58 AM|| 2004-05-26 11:56:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Doc - Look for the Velvet paintings of Ayatollah (Williamson-)Khomeni, the Pakistani-British ruler of Iran after the fall of the Shah, are the real big sellers next to the pottery and glassware.

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-26 1:03:38 PM|| 2004-05-26 1:03:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm thinking it's a good place for the IAF to refuel for the flight back after bombing the reactor

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-26 1:18:27 PM|| 2004-05-26 1:18:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Halliburton doesn't do airports - maybe Brown & Root, their construction subsidiary does but probably not as well known in ME as Bechtel at doing that (ie. Dubai, Riyadh, Amman, etc.). Also, Iran may have a legitimate issue regarding TAV if you are violently and virulently anti-Israel. I believe TAV was the GC on Ben-Guirion expansion a few years back. If not, being a Turkish contractor it would provide an easy hideout for any Mossad operation since the Turks and Israelis are thicker than...well, thieves but not the Ali Baba type!

Posted by Jack is Back! 2004-05-26 3:41:38 PM|| 2004-05-26 3:41:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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